At the beginning of the 21st Century monsters still roam the remote, and sometimes not so remote, corners of our planet. It is our job to search for them. The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ] is - we believe - the largest professional, scientific and full-time organisation in the world dedicated to cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992 the CFZ has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and investigation all over the world. Since 2009 we have been running the increasingly popular CFZ Blog Network, and although there has been an American branch of the CFZ for over ten years now, it is only now that it has a dedicated blog.

Monday 30 September 2019

NEW EPISODE OF CFZ TV SHOW

On  the Track, the web tv series.




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MICHIGAN SHADOW CREATURES

What were they?  Are they still there?  You'll need to scroll down a little to see the article.

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GIANT SKELETONS OF ECUADOR

Were there giants in that country?



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BOBO THE SEA MONSTER

What kind of creature is it?



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NEW ZEALAND'S BIGFOOT

On the trail of the moehau man.




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BIGFOOT IN SOUTH MONTANA

Historical incident, but there are deaths there today.



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VIRGINIA HILLS: TOP FIVE MONSTERS

Mothman, Snarly Yow, Flatwoods Monster, etc.



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SCARY DOGMAN ENCOUNTER

YouTube video.



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VERMONT WEREWOLF LEGEND

Short documentary on the Hound of Cold Hollow.

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HUMANOID IN LONDON PARK

A blurry photograph accompanies article.



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Sunday 29 September 2019

NEW WORM DISCOVERED

It has three sexes and a pouch.

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ALLEGED PHOTOS OF NESSIE

Was the monster photographed twice?



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60' SNAKE

Did it exist in the USA in the 19th Century.



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STRANGE MAN IN NATIONAL PARK

Who - or what - was he?

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ABDUCTION IN JAPAN

By a most unlikely creature.

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MODERN DAY GIANTS

This site includes both modern sightings and legendary giants.



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WAITOREKE - A KIND OF OTTER?

Mystery cryptid of New Zealand.

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ALABAMA WHITE THANG

Folklore creature of Alabama. 

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DOG BEER

There's a beer for dogs out there.

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UFO RESEMBLES SNAKE IN SKY

One of the most curiously shaped UFOs, said to have beings aboard it.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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Saturday 28 September 2019

WATERBOBBEJAN

Said to be South Africa's answer to Bigfoot.

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BIGFOOT IN THE WATER

Bigfoot are said to swim.



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LOCH NESS MONSTER SIGHTINGS

Two more of them.



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LITTLE PEOPLE ENCOUNTER

By father and daughter.



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WAS THIS A UNICORN?

A strange creature noted in South Africa.


This was a drawing of the head of the beast.  Karl Shuker investigates.

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GEORGIA INVADED BY LARGE LIZARDS

They come from South America.



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WORLD RABIES DAY

Importance of pet vaccination.

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DENISOVAN INFORMATION

They fought fierce animals over a cave.  The page has links to further Denisovan information, such as an account of the jewelry they made.

DOGMAN IN PENNSYLVANIA

Sighting in Lackawanna County.


This site also figures a case of a possible Bearman or Bigfoot.

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Friday 27 September 2019

ANOTHER ROSALES PUBLICATION

Coming soon from Triangulum Publishers.


Another volume from the humanoid series covering 1950-51.

HORSE-EELS OF IRELAND

What are these lake monsters?   (Video)

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NEW SPECIES OF CROCODILE IDENTIFIED

It's in New Guinea.  The link includes a video of a white crocodile.

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CHASED BY BIGFOOT?

It sounds like Bigfoot, but, whatever it was, they fled!



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SQUID-LIKE CREATURE IN INDIANA

Report of an incident in 1996.

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LA LECHUZA

It's said to look like an owl with a human face.

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WAS THIS A BIGFOOT?

Story from Wisconsin.



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HOMBRE RANA

The frog man of Durango.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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CCOA - SPIRIT CREATURE OF PERU

What lies behind this legendary creature?

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15 URBAN LEGENDS

Gathered from various countries.



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AMAZON FIRES: FIRMS WARNED

Firms linked to deforestation warned by investors.

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BLACK-EYED KIDS

A number of encounters with them and other weird kids.


Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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Thursday 26 September 2019

HORRIFIC TALE OF UNKNOWN CREATURE OR CREATURES

The writer of this piece moved into a neighborhood in Kentucky where no one went outside at night.  He heard frightening noises and saw a bipedal creature.  The neighbors had a convention that they didn't keep animals.  There were no animals nearby on a piece of land that had been controlled by the Government.  A neighbor spoke of strange creatures.  The whole thing reads like a horror story and the writer seems very scared.




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TIMEWARP OR WHAT?

Who can explain this story?

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TUTTLE BOTTOMS MONSTER

Elusive Illinois creature.  It is described as having a face reminiscent of an ant-eater and the body of an ape.  

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SHARED EVOLUTION OF THYLACINE AND WOLF

Example of convergent evolution.



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CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVISTS

A look at a number of activists worldwide.  (Thanks to Alison Jornlin for the link.)



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"RIVER MONSTER" WAS AN AIRBAG

The "monster" is the Yang Tze was no monster.

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QINGHAI LAKE MONSTER

Is there a monster in this Chinese lake?



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PREHISTORIC BABIES FED ANIMAL MILK

This was more than 3000 years ago.

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BLACK-EYED PEOPLE

Accounts of these frightening beings.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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Wednesday 25 September 2019

WEIRD BEING IN PERU

What scared the two motorists?

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FLYING FIENDS OF MEXICO CITY

These sound scary.

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LAKE UTOPIA MONSTER

One of the more well-known legendary monsters.



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WAS THIS A BLACK COUGAR?

Or was it a black panther?



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GOATS UNDERSTAND HUMAN EXPRESSIONS

They like smiling faces.



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BIGFOOT TRIBE AND GRANPA

They missed him when he passed on.



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MAN REUNITES WITH GORILLA

He had raised it as his son.



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ROBERT KIRK AND THE FAIRIES

Robert Kirk is famous among folklorists.  A Presbyterian ministerin Scotland, he lived in the 17th Century and wrote a celebrated treatise on fairies.



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MOTHMAN FESTIVAL:

A look at Mothman Festival 2019.



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MISSOURI WOODS INCIDENT

What did the hunter encounter?

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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Tuesday 24 September 2019

FRESHWATER OCTOPUS

Creature of Oklahoma.



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WHAT IS THE MITLA?

A doglike cat or a catlike dog?  Karl Shuker comments.

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WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF ALIENS ABDUCT YOU

Physicist Michio Kaku gives his opinion.

Michio Kaku


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WAS THIS BIGFOOT?

Missouri encounter with tall humanoid.



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BIGFOOT CONVENTION AT POCATELLO

Sasquatch researchers compare notes.  (You'll need to scroll down a little to see item.)



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ARE THERE STRUCTURES ON MOON?

A video on this subject.



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WOMAN BITES CAMEL'S GENITALS

It was the only way to stop it sitting on her.



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WINGED BEING IN KENTUCKY

A creature with giant wings.

Image courtesy Lon Strickler


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LAKE ONTARIO SERPENT

Was it a lake monster?



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Monday 23 September 2019